Growth standards for nine North American fish species

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-118

  Jackson, Zachary J ^a   Quist, M C ^a   Larscheid, J G ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iowa Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth standards; Relative growth index; Von Bertalanffy

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION MODELING; STANDARD (REGULATION); TELEOST; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; MORONE CHRYSOPS; PERCA; PERCA FLAVESCENS; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; PYLODICTIS; PYLODICTIS OLIVARIS; SANDER CANADENSIS; STIZOSTEDION CANADENSE;

EID: 40949115983     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2007.00591.x     Document Type: Article

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